I didn’t realize it then, but growing up in the Mudis was a very privileged upbringing. We were sheltered and pampered amid the most natural and beautiful surroundings, living in beautiful big bungalows and being raised amid a warm, caring family - that was the BBTC of my childhood. When my parents married in 1959 Dad was at Nallamudi estate and that is where both my brother Homi and I were born. We don’t really remember much of living there or at Thoni Mudi where they next moved to. Our only memories were of living at Green Banks where my parents moved to in 1964. This would be our home for the next 11 odd years. My fondest memories of Green Banks were of waking up on the first day home from boarding school (the only down-side of growing up in the Mudis, to my mind!) and running down to the chicken coup below the bungalow to collect fresh eggs, then wandering across the beautiful lawns and gardens chatting with “mallis”, running over to see our pet sheep Pancho & Pedro an...